The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1887-04-07
EATEN BY WOLvEs.
A Young Mans Terrible Adventure
In Dakota.

Ira Dakota.
There passed through ST. Paul Sum
day en- ronte TO the east {; man whose
appearance was loatlisome in the ex-
treme. aud whose life in the future will
be a burdent to him. AS Il reporter
was walking about the Union depot he
came upon II man with his face wrap
ped up so that nothing but his eyes
were visible. Thinking perhaps that
some acc dent had befallen him the re-
! porter, accosting him, was told that as
soon us an eastern train could be board
ed he would let the reporter ascerta.
for blmself as to whether an accident
had occurred. AS soon as the sleeper
was reached the man took from his
head the many bandages, and the sight
that met the reporters gaze was u
shocking me, The nose and left ear
was entirely gone. and the other ear
looked as if it had been slit with a knife
n "a dozen places. Great pieces Of
flesh had been torn from each cheek,
and taken altogether the mans face
little resembled the features of a human
beng. The man gave his name as
John c. Hazard. and his story. which
WAS told with many painful halts, was
As follows:
IF you want it l will give you the
circumstances of an adventure which
has left me in tn S cond ton. / am a
young man of considerable means, and
came from southern Ohio last winter to
invest in Dakota lands. | was in St.
Paul about the LIST of December. and
left over the Northern Pacific for Knife
river, Morton county. Dakota. After
reaching there | learned that an old
friend OF mine was living some tWentv-
live miles from there. and started 10
pay him q visit. Taking a horse | start
ell out early Il morning, thinking |
would get there along n the afternoon.
' hatl Travelled probably fifteen les.
Whep Il Of those terrible blizzards set
in. 1t turned cold suddenly, and the
wind cut like Il knife. The snow fell so
fast that it was impossible to see but a
short d stance, and losing my bearingg
[ was o riding around the open prai-
re, completely lost. | did not stop for
a moment, hoping to come acrJ-s q
house or at least some place where
shelter could be found, 1t 4 d not take
long to become thoroughly chilled, and
M horse began to show signs of ex-
aauSfi"a. Night came on, and l had
made up my mind to kill the horse, and
seek shelter beside his carcass. when l
heard a sound Which did not by any
mean raise my spirits. 1t was moth re
.css than a pack of wolves following the
scent Of IL partially covered tracks,
The storm had by this time partially
abated. The horse heard The
howl of the wolves, and made a
Struggle to increase his pace; but t
Vas nc use. for the beast had become
30 CHI He'd and tired that he couldscarce-
y move. Coming to Il little rise in the
orair.e | saw, = short distance away. Il
light shining through the window of i
shanty, and | thought [ was safe. |
heard the wolves coming nearcr and
nearer and was co~ngratulating my
,elf that [ would not be the means of
giving them Il square meal. when my
torse stumbled and fell, with me part
v under him, my head striking some
lard substance. That is the last |
remember until the next day. | was
tfterward told by the man who lived in
he shanty VIII CHI was trying to reach,
md to whom ! owed my rescue. that
The howl of the wolves had attracted
he attention of his dogs, and together
ilIey had driven the beasts off, but not
INT | | had been almost k He'd. l was
With ten rods of the sllanty when
;ound. ] will stop in Chicago to see
f something can not be done for me.
and if not WIFI 90 to Europe. At first
[ feared hydrophobia. but the wounds
ire healing ana l may escape that. /
have had the wounds cauterized. [
ave heard of instances where an arti-
icial nose has been NAL from flesh
AIKEN from some portion OF Il PERSONS
cody, and this is the relief / will try to
obtain."
The case no doubt will attract con-
siderable interest among med cal men
where the operation w IL be performed.
81. PGuk Pc eer Press.